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  • If Asia's labour-intensive export-led industrialisation won't work, could an African model focus on the domestic market? Credit: Chris Eason.
    CountryEconomyTop story

    The African Model: Asia’s path may not work, but there is an alternative

    By Marlous van Waijenburg & Ewout Frankema
    January 31, 2019
    Labour-intensive export-led industrialisation worked for China, but Africa is not China. It must come up with its own strategies to reduce poverty. Africa’s economic ...
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  • Examples of fake news around Nigeria's 2019 election.
    Editor's PicksNigeriaPolitics

    How fake news spreads, sowing distrust ahead of Nigeria’s elections

    By Idayat Hassan
    January 31, 2019
    From party officials’ half-truths, to wild conspiracy theories, to fabricated news articles, fake news has spread far and wide.  Fake news is not new to Nigeria. ...
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    Insiders InsightsWest

    Insiders Insight: The decoloniser nobody was waiting for

    By Insiders' Newsletter
    January 30, 2019
    African Arguments is and always will be freely-accessible to everyone. But we also have a separate spin-off product called the Insiders Newsletter. It consists of ...
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  • The Sudan struggle links closely to others across the world
    Editor's PicksPoliticsSudan

    On shared struggles: From Sudan to the gilets jaunes to #MeToo

    By Suraiya Zubair Banu
    January 29, 2019
    Sudan stands alone as it protests thirty years of oppression. And yet so much of its struggle resonates across Africa and the world. Sudan ...
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  • Editor's PicksNigeriaPolitics

    Don’t just vote. Mobilise. (Aka Why elections won’t change Nigeria)

    By Ayo Sogunro
    January 29, 2019
    Just like the colonists gave way to independence, and the military gave way to civil rule, the current system can also give way to ...
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  • Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi performing in 2018. Credit: Mário Pires.
    CultureEditor's PicksZimbabwe

    Rest in Power: Oliver Mtukudzi, music legend and pan-African trailblazer

    By Rumbidzai Dube
    January 25, 2019
    “Tuku” used his powerful poetic voice to change whole systems, forge global connections, and advocate for justice, freedom and the oppressed. Where does one ...
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  • EconomyTanzaniaTop story

    Tanzania: Small-scale mining map reveals vast potential and pitfalls

    By Hans Merket
    January 25, 2019
    Small-scale mining supports hundreds of thousands of relatively well-paid jobs, but with serious health and safety hazards. In Tanzania, mining is often the subject ...
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  • The DR Congo's new President Tshisekedi officially won the December 2018 elections.
    Congo-KinshasaEditor's PicksPolitics

    President-on-a-Leash Tshisekedi and the DRC’s paradoxical new politics

    By Kris Berwouts
    January 24, 2019
    After a long struggle, the people have (kind of but not really) got what they want with President Kabila (kind of but not really) ...
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  • The Nigeria presidential debate saw three contenders match up.
    NigeriaPolitics

    Five lessons from Nigeria’s no-show presidential debate

    By Shayera Dark
    January 22, 2019
    Both the president and his main challenger failed to show up last Saturday, but the debate battled on anyway.  With general elections less than ...
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  • What's the score one year on? Credit: George Weah office.
    LiberiaPoliticsTop story

    Liberia: How is President Weah faring one year on?

    By Ibrahim Al-bakri Nyei
    January 22, 2019
    One turbulent year after George Weah came to power, the challenges are starting to pile up, but hope remains. One year ago today, ordinary ...
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